LETRS Affricate & Letrs Unit 1 Session 1 Check for Understanding
affricate - Correct Answers/ch/ and /j/
closed syllable - Correct Answerssyllable ends in one or more consonants and has a
short vowel sound
digraph - Correct Answersa two-letter combination that represents one speech sound.
decoding - Correct Answersused to decipher a new word by sounding it out.
encoding - Correct Answersproduce written symbols for spoken language
glide - Correct Answersgoes immediately into a vowel /h/ /w/ and /y/
fricative - Correct Answers/f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, and /th/
morpheme - Correct Answerssmallest meaningful unit of a language, can be a word or
part of a word
onset-rime - Correct Answersthe natural division of a syllable into 2 parts; onset coming
before the vowel and rime including the vowel and what follows it. ex. pl-an, shr-ill
diphthong - Correct Answersa vowel that feels as if it has two parts; oi & ou
Letrs Unit 1 Session 1 Check for Understanding
1. According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what
percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or"below basic" in reading? -
Correct Answer64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount
Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to understand what
you read relies on multiple components. Once readers become more skilled in word
recognition, which of the following components increase in their importance? - Correct
Answerbackground knowledge and vocabulary
Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has evolved to
process spoken and written language? - Correct AnswerOur brains have evolved to
process spoken language much more easily than alphabetic writing.
What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography? - Correct
AnswerIts spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes)
affricate - Correct Answers/ch/ and /j/
closed syllable - Correct Answerssyllable ends in one or more consonants and has a
short vowel sound
digraph - Correct Answersa two-letter combination that represents one speech sound.
decoding - Correct Answersused to decipher a new word by sounding it out.
encoding - Correct Answersproduce written symbols for spoken language
glide - Correct Answersgoes immediately into a vowel /h/ /w/ and /y/
fricative - Correct Answers/f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, and /th/
morpheme - Correct Answerssmallest meaningful unit of a language, can be a word or
part of a word
onset-rime - Correct Answersthe natural division of a syllable into 2 parts; onset coming
before the vowel and rime including the vowel and what follows it. ex. pl-an, shr-ill
diphthong - Correct Answersa vowel that feels as if it has two parts; oi & ou
Letrs Unit 1 Session 1 Check for Understanding
1. According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what
percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or"below basic" in reading? -
Correct Answer64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount
Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to understand what
you read relies on multiple components. Once readers become more skilled in word
recognition, which of the following components increase in their importance? - Correct
Answerbackground knowledge and vocabulary
Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has evolved to
process spoken and written language? - Correct AnswerOur brains have evolved to
process spoken language much more easily than alphabetic writing.
What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography? - Correct
AnswerIts spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes)
